Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ Pub­lic of­fi­cials as defined in Art­icle 110 para­graph 3 SCC⁸⁴ and their aux­il­i­ar­ies as well as mem­bers of au­thor­it­ies and their aux­il­i­ar­ies may re­fuse to testi­fy on secret mat­ters com­mu­nic­ated to them in their of­fi­cial ca­pa­city or which have come to their know­ledge in the ex­er­cise of their of­fice or their aux­il­i­ary activ­ity.⁸⁵

² They must testi­fy if they

a.

are sub­ject to a duty to re­port; or

b.

have been giv­en writ­ten au­thor­isa­tion to do so by their su­per­i­or.⁸⁶

³ The su­per­i­or shall grant au­thor­isa­tion to testi­fy if the in­terest in es­tab­lish­ing the truth out­weighs the in­terest in pre­serving secrecy.